Punjab Newsline, Chandigarh-
With the war against drugs “Yudh Nashian Virudh” waged on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann to eradicate drug menace from state completed 130 days, Punjab Police on Wednesday arrested 142 drug smugglers and recovered 3.5 kg heroin, 1.5 kg opium and ₹1.19 lakh drug money from their possession. With this, the number of total drug smugglers arrested has reached to 21,231 in just 130 days.
The operation was conducted on the directions of DGP Punjab Gaurav Yadav simultaneously in all 28 Police districts of the state.
Divulging details, Special DGP Law and Order Arpit Shukla informed that over 180 Police teams, comprising over 1300 police personnel, under the supervision of 87 gazetted officers have conducted raids at as many as 429 locations across the state leading to the registration of 105 first information reports (FIRs) across the state. Police teams have also checked as many as 455 suspicious persons during the day-long operation, he added.
The Special DGP said that with the state government has enforced a three-pronged strategy— Enforcement, Deaddiction and Prevention (EDP)— to eradicate drugs from the state, the Punjab Police as part of ‘De-addiction’ has convinced 64 persons to undergo de-addiction and rehabilitation treatment today.